School Management of Multiculturalism in Early Childhood Education to Develop the Student's Social Skills

摘要

Many countries in the world have become more heterogeneous as a result of various social, economic and politic developments. This is also reflected in Indonesia schools where Learners come from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, speaking different languages now increasingly have to be accommodated. In recent times, early childhood education is becoming more diverse. These differences of multiculturalism are required with a global focus on human rights and equal educational opportunities. The best time to start this process of education is right from early childhood. That is the reality that early childhood education have to face and manage it well. School management of multiculturalism in early childhood education approach according equal recognition to all cultural groups and providing all leaners with a meaningful and relevant educational experiences the purpose of this study. ssThe purpose of this study is to develop the student's social skills through and understanding of inter-ethnic interaction among students of various ethnic groups in early childhood education. By those, Teaching with a multicultural perspective encourages appreciation and understanding of other cultures as well as one's own. The methodology of this research, through observation of 20 student's kindergarten in age 5-6 years using the scale rating. There are 7 aspects of social skills to measure the development of student's social skills. The result indicated that more than half of 20 students are having good aspect in social skills but some of them need improvement to adjust with the situation. The other goals of multicultural programs are to encourage cooperative social skills, as they learn to accept differences and similarities among people, they can work and get along with other better. The early childhood program that is culturally sensitive will build the self-confidence of its children by integrating the cultures of all the children into learning experiences.